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Updated Jan/ 19 at 2:35 p.m.: Strunk was found safe in San Antonio after someone recognized him from reports, Midlothian police said.

Original item Jan. 18 at 8:40 p.m. A Silver Alert has been activated for a 66-year-old man last seen in Midlothian.

Paul Strunk has been diagnosed with cognitive impairment and was last seen Sunday at 4:45 p.m. in the 900 block of Park Place, near FM 1387. He was driving a black 2002 Honda Accord with Texas license plate 3DFYZ.

Strunk is described as a 6-foot white man with gray hair and brown eyes. He has “LOVE” tattooed across the knuckles of his right hand and was wearing a long-sleeve gray t-shirt and blue jeans.

Law enforcement officials believe Strunk’s disappearance poses a threat to his health and safety.

Anyone who sees Strunk is asked to contact Midlothian police at 972-775-3333.

AUSTIN — Burial services are under way for decorated Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, where the 38-year-old known as the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history is being laid to rest.

The services follow a 180-mile funeral procession down Interstate 35 from Kyle’s hometown of Midlothian to Austin, where a private ceremony of some 150 mourners awaited, including Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.

Gov. Rick Perry, who ordered the Texas flag flown at half-staff, was out of the state and unable to attend.

Kyle was honored with bagpipes and a 21-gun salute at the graveside near a small waterfall on the grounds of the cemetery.

Hundreds of Patriot Guard Riders, many of them with military backgrounds, ringed the cemetery, frozen in place, carrying flags in a silent salute to their fallen comrade.

“For me, it’s a way of saying thank you to a true hero,” said Chris Dion, an Air Force active-duty working dog trainer at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, who rode into town with about 100 Patriot Guard Riders on Tuesday morning.

Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were shot and killed Feb. 2 at a gun range at Rough Creek Lodge and Resort, southwest of Glen Rose in Erath County. Eddie Ray Routh, 25, a veteran believed to have mental problems, whom Kyle was helping, has been charged with two counts of capital murder.

Air pollution from Midlothian’s big industrial plants has been high enough at times to cause health problems, especially for people with asthma, says a government report released today.

The draft report outlines risks from emissions of hydrogen sulfide and other pollutants since the mid-1990s. It recommends steps to reduce possible exposures.

The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Texas Department of State Health Services will hold a public meeting on the report from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 at the Midlothian Conference Center.

Experts will also be available to answer questions at the center from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on the same day.

Company spokesman David Perkins said another worker remains in serious condition after the accident in the kiln at the plant off Highway 67. Two other injured workers have been treated and released, he said.

Firefighters told WFAA-TV (Channel 8) that there was no explosion and that the injuries were sustained in an industrial accident.

Perkins released a statement Thursday expressing condolences for the victims’ families.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and their families,” he said.